# Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, has illustrated the ill treatment by the Israeli soldiers after their boats were intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Mandla says they were denied food, handcuffed, paraded, and harshly treated upon arrival in Ashdod. He added that activist Greta Thunberg, aged 22, was also harassed by Israeli authorities. He described […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says some journalists have published sensitive security information, putting police operations at risk. Testifying before Parliament’s ad hoc committee, Mkhwanazi said the leaks have endangered police operations and officers working on classified cases. He urged the State Security Agency to act against those responsible, warning that the disclosure of […]
# Cape Town has been nominated among the world’s best cities in the Travel plus Leisure India and South Asia Best Awards 2025, under the International Destinations, Best City category. Themed Art of Discovery, the awards celebrate places that inspire exploration and connection. Cape Town Tourism’s Briony Brookes says the nomination reaffirms the Mother City’s […]
# The DA has warned against what it calls risky and irresponsible borrowing for the ANC’s proposed Transformation Fund. DA spokesperson Toby Chance says the Trade, Industry and Competition Department plans to secure between 34-billion-rand and 50-billion-rand from the African Export-Import Bank. He argues the fund could burden taxpayers with unpaid loans, insisting that borrowed […]
# Transnet National Ports Authority has signed a 25-year concession agreement with FFS Tank Terminals to operate and maintain a liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Cape Town. The 195.7-million-rand investment over three years will refurbish infrastructure, boost operational efficiency, and double diesel storage capacity to 29-thousand-200-cubic metre. The Ports Authority says the deal […]
# Mining Affected Communities United in Action het ‘n aanvullende verklaring by die Menseregtekommissie ingedien na Dag 3 van die Stilfontein-ondersoek. MACUA sê die dood van 93 mynwerkers het die staat se minagting vir aanspreeklikheid blootgelê. Die organisasie het afwesige ministers, die Departement van Minerale Hulpbronne se versuim om aanbevelings te implementeer, en die Mineraleraad […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, UNISA en die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal, het die rol van finansiële insluiting in die vermindering van armoede, billike groei en maatskaplike stabiliteit beklemtoon. Die partye het vandag tydens ‘n G20 Town Hall-uitreik in Durban beklemtoon finansiële insluiting skep toegang vir ekonomiese ontwikkeling om grondvlak-ekonomieë te bevoordeel. Die […]
# Die leier van die EFF, Julius Malema sê die parlement se ad hoc-komitee wat die polisiekaping ondersoek, mag geen parlementslede van die ondersoek verwyder nie. Malema het reageer op oproepe dat die DA-LP Dianne Kohler Barnard verwyder word oor bewerings dat sy geklassifiseerde inligting verkeerd hanteer het. Hy beklemtoon dat die komitee parlementêre reëls […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n spesiale amptelike begrafnis kategorie twee toegestaan aan die ontslape Suid-Afrikaanse ambassadeur in Frankryk, Nathi Mthethwa. ‘n Gedenkdiens word tans in Parys gehou ná Mthethwa se dood verlede week nadat hy volgens berigte van die 22ste verdieping van die Hyatt Regency Hotel in Parys geval het. Sy liggaam sal na […]